New Textbook Forums!

dlgoff

Is it any different than clicking on one of the links in http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=665563?

Try clicking this Physics & Astronomy Textbooks link. It opens a new tab for me.

Greg Bernhardt

That was a bug, thanks for the catch! Fixed!

mfb

I think dlgoff meant forum topics in the forum view. Those do not have target="_blank" in the HTML code.

Petek

Thanks!

Greg Bernhardt

Thanks to everyone posting comments and book listings. We have a good base now!

n10Newton

The Science Textbook List is about to be complete its time to include New

1.PF Science Fiction Books Discussion.
2.PF Biography Discussion.
(Some are
1.Never at Rest by Westfall.
2.The Man Who Changed the World.
3.The Man Who Knew Infinity
4.Genius by Gleick)
3.PF Historical Thesis Discussion.
(Some are
1.The Principia : Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy by Isaac Newton.
http://www.amazon.com/Principia-Math...%27s+principia
2.Optiks by Isaac Newton.
3.The Mathematical Papers of Isaac Newton (Edit by Whiteside)
4.A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism by James C Maxwell.
5.Relativity by Albert Einstein.)

I like Serena

I just realized that the thread ordering of the Science Textbook Discussion will automatically show an ordering of the books.
The best known books that are either good or bad will elicit the most comments.

It's a pity though that books that are less known, or books that are more specialized, will not be recognized easily.

Perhaps it would be nice if we had a special thread that ranks the books on various criteria.
Possible criteria I can think of are:

• Best known by total number of votes.
• Best ranked by weighed average of the votes.
• Ranking based on a combination of number and value of votes (but which formula to use?)
• Most discussed by number of comments.
• Drawing most interest by number of views.

n10Newton

The previous system 'PF Textbook Bibliography' is good regarding this.that only PF mentors include new book and must have one PF mentor or Any staff member used it.

In new system if someone view Five Stared book on Amazon having good review then he ask it or create himself. In initial somewhere Gerg said that please give information about your school/college recommended book but not in any thread University Name (Surely the most famous) appears. I have also recommended some book to list but most of them are used by India's best Institution IITs and some Intro Books like Serway Physics which is recommended by College Board for AP Preparation.

Greg Bernhardt

In the near future we will be creating a few stickies which organize the books into some useful lists.

GregJ

Great new forum! Already put it to good use and found myself a new textbook for additional reading!

One feature that could be useful is a way to sort/filter by sub-field (for example, in Physics & Astronomy Textbooks - Classical, Relativity, etc.).

Snow-Leopard

This is already read the first post
Also if you want books topic-wise then wait here he said that

Greg Bernhardt

Thanks GregJ! You can filter by prefix field. Look to the bottom left of the forum display page.

GregJ

Aha! Genius! :)

I read the first post, although it somehow skipped right by me. Thanks for replying (both Greg and Snow-Leopard). You can delete my posts if you like (don't wish to clutter this thread).

Snow-Leopard

When I visit the Textbook forum firstly I also want to ask to filter! here I say that today. Make a Stickies as Undergraduate Physics, Mathematical Physics etc. one thing more all mathematical methods book are listed in Math Section prifixed Applied which is harder to find i.e., if someone wants mathematical methods books then he search it in physics not in maths!!

micromass

I have created a textbook list in the mathematics forum to make it easier to navigate through the books: http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?p=4251630

Is this a good way to order all the books?

What sections should I use for the other textbooks forums?

Greg Bernhardt

Three cheers for micromass!!

Snow-Leopard

Better to Rearrange as Level-wise then Topic-wise as
Undergraduate_-_Algebra_-_Introduction to Linear Algebra by Lang,S.